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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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